OK, 7.2.3 is all branded and ready to go. HISTORY/release.sgml shows:
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Release Notes
Release 7.2.3
Release date: 2002-10-01
This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.2, including fixes to prevent
possible data loss.
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Migration to version 7.2.3
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.X.
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Changes
Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info (Tom)
Handle pre-1970 date values in newer versions of glibc (Tom)
Fix possible hang during server shutdown
Prevent spinlock hangs on SMP PPC machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)
Fix pg_dump to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> I'm done making back-patches for 7.2.3. Over to you, Bruce ...
> attached is the REL7_2_STABLE branch history since 7.2.2.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> 2002-09-30 16:57 tgl
>
> * src/backend/utils/adt/: date.c, datetime.c (REL7_2_STABLE):
> Back-patch fixes to work around broken mktime() in recent glibc
> releases.
>
> 2002-09-30 16:47 tgl
>
> * src/backend/: commands/async.c, tcop/postgres.c (REL7_2_STABLE):
> Back-patch fix for bad SIGUSR2 interrupt handling during backend
> shutdown.
>
> 2002-09-30 16:24 tgl
>
> * src/: backend/storage/lmgr/s_lock.c, include/storage/s_lock.h
> (REL7_2_STABLE): Back-patch fix for correct TAS operation on
> multi-CPU PPC machines.
>
> 2002-09-30 16:18 tgl
>
> * src/backend/: bootstrap/bootstrap.c, storage/buffer/buf_init.c,
> storage/lmgr/lwlock.c, storage/lmgr/proc.c (REL7_2_STABLE):
> Back-patch fix for 'can't wait without a PROC structure' failures:
> remove separate ShutdownBufferPoolAccess exit callback, and do the
> work in ProcKill instead, before we delete MyProc.
>
> 2002-09-30 15:55 tgl
>
> * src/: backend/access/transam/clog.c,
> backend/access/transam/xlog.c, backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c,
> backend/tcop/utility.c, include/access/xlog.h (REL7_2_STABLE):
> Back-patch fix to ensure a checkpoint occurs before truncating
> CLOG, even if no recent WAL activity has occurred.
>
> 2002-09-30 15:45 tgl
>
> * src/backend/commands/vacuum.c (REL7_2_STABLE): Back-patch fix to
> not change pg_database.datvacuumxid or truncate CLOG when an
> unprivileged user runs VACUUM.
>
> 2002-09-20 17:37 tgl
>
> * src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c (REL7_2_STABLE): Back-patch fix
> for failure to dump views containing FULL JOIN USING. The bug is
> not present in CVS tip due to cleanup of JOIN handling, but 7.2.*
> is broken.
>
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